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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Riantee, from here on, in the
early mornings I will hear our rooster's song so differently.
Thank you for this beautiful sharing,<br>
Tracey <br>
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On 3/21/25 1:36 PM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress wrote:<br>
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style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Sunset at Dawn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The rooster
triumphally wakes the morning,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">a cupid
piercing the heart of the dreamer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">to awaken
beauty,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">and beauty
meets the resident <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">at the center
of the heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">where there is
nothing</span></div>
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<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">. . . but love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">A rooster has
awakened my morning <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">to the caring
for a body <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">whose
manifestation is nearly over,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">a shrunken body
that needs help <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">for the
shedding of a life well lived<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">to dissolve a
substance that had solidified.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">That gentle
care requires that I reconcile <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">with whatever
is not beautiful in my life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I must look
again at what was harsh, hard, painful,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">find a new
setting for my seeing,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">transform what
didn’t measure and make it fit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">into the heaven
that is earth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The rooster
crowing from over the hill <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">can release the
suffering, let it go with the wind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">On our altar my
beloved and I sacrifice all ancient memories,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">all thoughts
and beliefs that weighted us down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">until I there
is nothing left but a body releasing its form<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">and a love
always traveling with beauty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">As the penumbra
dissipates and the day leisurely blooms,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">your body
nurtures my gentleness,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">the birds you
always fed sing a new song<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">to the new hand
that now feeds them,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">time slows down
to twilight, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">your sunset is
the dawn of my awakening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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